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Serjeant, Marion, d 2013 (Edinburgh-based doctor, wife of Robert Serjeant)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: d 2013

Biography

Marion Serjeant (nee Robertson) married Scottish orientalist Robert Bertram Serjeant in 1941. She trained as a medical doctor in Edinburgh. In 1995, she donated Robert Serjeant's library - around 5000 volumes - and his research papers to the University of Edinburgh. She died on 7 August 2013 in Scotland.

Source: "Obituaries", in British-Yemeni Society Journal, vol. 21 (2013), p. 64.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Papers of Professor Robert Bertram Serjeant

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-1062
Scope and Contents The collection is composed of 11 unsorted boxes of papers which contain research notes (linguistics, ethonology and anthropology in South Arabia), bibliography notes, newspapers related to events in South Arabia, photocopies of Arabic manuscripts, typed notes on the political and military situation in Yemen during the 1960s (North Yemen Civil War). Papers relating to academic research, containing...
Dates: 1940-1980